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    Subject[PATCH 3/8] SVM: add module parameter to disable Nested Paging
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    To disable the use of the Nested Paging feature even if it is available in
    hardware this patch adds a module parameter. Nested Paging can be disabled by
    passing npt=off to the kvm_amd module.

    Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
    ---
    arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 8 ++++++++
    1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

    diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
    index 49bb57a..2e718ff 100644
    --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
    +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
    @@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
    #define SVM_DEATURE_SVML (1 << 2)

    static bool npt_enabled = false;
    +static char *npt = "on";
    +
    +module_param(npt, charp, S_IRUGO);

    static void kvm_reput_irq(struct vcpu_svm *svm);

    @@ -415,6 +418,11 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void)
    if (!svm_has(SVM_FEATURE_NPT))
    npt_enabled = false;

    + if (npt_enabled && strncmp(npt, "off", 3) == 0) {
    + printk(KERN_INFO "kvm: Nested Paging disabled\n");
    + npt_enabled = false;
    + }
    +
    if (npt_enabled)
    printk(KERN_INFO "kvm: Nested Paging enabled\n");

    --
    1.5.3.7




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